Chicago!

My sister Kelly just completed an internship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. I went to visit her at the end of April and bring her back home. We had so much fun!! I really didn't know what to do with myself with no kids to take care of. Thanks to my wonderful mother in law Jeanett for taking such good care of my family while I was away.

Kelly lived on the 19th floor of a high rise building in downtown Chicago. Very cool! These pictures are from her apartment and building. The picture at the top right is the view from her bedroom window.

Having fun around town!

The Magnificent Mile

Uno's Pizza. Seriously delicious.

Seriously.

The Water Tower...one of the only surviving structures from the Chicago Fire.

The Willis (formerly Sears) Tower!

Scenery. I loved how they had flowers, plants and trees among all the buildings.

The Bean

We took an Architecture Boat Tour. We departed from Navy Pier. We saw tons of interesting buildings, and we got a great history lesson!

Thanks Kelly for a fabulous trip and some memories I will always treasure!

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Easter Baskets

We had a great Easter. We spent the morning worshipping at church, then went to our favorite Chinese buffet for lunch, then headed home to open Easter baskets. We were going to do a little egg hunt too, but we had already done several hunts as I have posted before. 

I have taken on a part time job with our local minor league baseball team. It lasts through the summer, and the extra money is much needed! But unfortunately I do have to work on some holidays, Easter being one of them. But I still got to enjoy most of the morning and lunch with my family!

Keely in pink, Claire in green. The girls loved their Easter baskets!

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Donuts With Daddy, More Easter Fun

David and Brooke had a special morning together at preschool for Dunuts With Daddy. So sweet! I am very thankful for such a great husband that puts his family first. He even took the day off from work so he could be there for her. She had her preschool Easter Egg hunt that day too. :)

 

 The Saturday before Easter I took the girls to a local church for their Easter Eggstravaganza. The babies had a blast in the mini bounce house, and all the girls loved the carnival games. I was not brave enough to let Claire and Keely do the 2 & under egg hunt since I was the only adult there with them, but I did let Brooke do the 3 & 4 year old hunt. And she graciously shared her eggs with her sissies.

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Easter Bunny 2011

Yesterday the girls and I headed to Collin Creek Mall to hang out as we sometimes do. We love this mall so much because there are lots of fun things to do for little kids, and it is never crowded during the day. Yesterday was one of those really great days where everyone was in a happy mood and we had a fun time together. I really treasure this time with them. We saw the Easter Bunny, grabbed some lunch in the food court, Brooke rode the train, we got to walk around and window shop, and we stayed in the play area for a while until it was time to go home and nap.

Visiting the Easter Bunny was fun. All three girls liked him and hi-fived him, but only Claire and Keely wanted to sit with him for a picture. Brooke was standing by me and trying to get the girls to smile.

Claire, Keely, & the Easter Bunny

Happy Easter!

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